On 2011/05/20, at 10:24 , Stephen Humphreys wrote: > Not again!!! > > You are not being honest (unless it was a crap pub). > That's where the honesty lies - informing people with the correct info.
Let me repeat: "In my experience English pubs fill to about the 0.5 L level (500 mL) allowing for about 70 mL of froth to achieve the 568 mL that the English glass must hold in English law." I visited about 10 pubs in England the last time I was there. In each pub I ordered a "pint" then measured how much beer I received -- and how much froth. in each case I was served very close to 500 mL of beer or half a litre. At no time did I receive a "pint" of beer. I am also aware that the old pre-metric measuring word, "pint" is, in fact, a metric pint as defined by UK law in millilitres. I did not remonstrate with bar staff or ask them to serve me with beer that was overflowing the glass container with no froth on it at all. Beer is supposed to be served with a "head" of froth! Cheers, Pat Naughtin Geelong, Australia > > From: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 14:45:52 +1000 > Subject: [USMA:50477] Coffee mug > To: [email protected] > > Dear All, > > This is the mug I use for my coffee (note the internal stains). > > I have emphasised the level mark on the outside to show how honest levels can > be served in a beer mug that is not transparent. This mark is the origin of > the English word, "pint", as it seems to have come from the "paint" mark > initially used (since the 1100s) to show the honest level for beer. > > <COFFEE MUG.jpeg> > > See how a generous allowance is made in this German mug for froth above the > 0.5 L mark. > > This is in contrast to the English custom of serving beer in a transparent > glass that can only hold a pint if filled to the rim of the glass. In my > experience English pubs fill to about the 0.5 L level (500 mL) allowing for > about 70 mL of froth to achieve the 568 mL that the English glass must hold > in English law. > > Cheers, > > Pat Naughtin LCAMS > Author of the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide, see > http://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html > Hear Pat speak at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lshRAPvPZY > PO Box 305 Belmont 3216, > Geelong, Australia > Phone: 61 3 5241 2008 > > Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has helped > thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the modern metric > system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they now save thousands > each year when buying, processing, or selling for their businesses. Pat > provides services and resources for many different trades, crafts, and > professions for commercial, industrial and government metrication leaders in > Asia, Europe, and in the USA. Pat's clients include the Australian > Government, Google, NASA, NIST, and the metric associations of Canada, the > UK, and the USA. See http://www.metricationmatters.com for more metrication > information, contact Pat at [email protected] or to get the > free 'Metrication matters' newsletter go to: > http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter to subscribe. > > Pat Naughtin LCAMS Author of the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide, see http://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html Hear Pat speak at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lshRAPvPZY PO Box 305 Belmont 3216, Geelong, Australia Phone: 61 3 5241 2008 Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has helped thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the modern metric system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they now save thousands each year when buying, processing, or selling for their businesses. Pat provides services and resources for many different trades, crafts, and professions for commercial, industrial and government metrication leaders in Asia, Europe, and in the USA. Pat's clients include the Australian Government, Google, NASA, NIST, and the metric associations of Canada, the UK, and the USA. See http://www.metricationmatters.com for more metrication information, contact Pat at [email protected] or to get the free 'Metrication matters' newsletter go to: http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter to subscribe.
